The Association for Relatives of the Enforced Disappearances in the North and East Provinces has categorically rejected Sri Lanka’s domestic mechanisms and called for the immediate establishment of an independent, special, international Commission of Inquiry to investigate the mass graves uncovered in the North and East, including the Chemmani mass grave.
In a letter addressed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Association for Relatives of the Enforced Disappearances informed of the rotational hunger strike that has been launched, demanding international justice for the genocide committed against the Tamil people and the enforced disappearances.
“The case of genocide committed by the Sri Lankan state against the Tamil people must be referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). If it is not possible for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate crimes prior to 01 July 2002, then a special international criminal tribunal on Sri Lanka must be established to ensure accountability for genocide and related crimes,” the Association said.
The Association further made 08 proposals to the international community to be taken as immediate steps.
It is also reported that the Association for Relatives of the Enforced Disappearances in the North and East Provinces burnt copies of the UN Human Rights Commissioner’s report on Sri Lanka, near the Chemmani mass graves in Jaffna.
The UN Rights Chief’s reports were burned yesterday (01 Oct) as a symbolic gesture of rejecting the report. (Newswire)
